Learning objectives

Learning objectives

This topic introduces the fundamentals of statistics and discusses data collection.

The learning objectives for this topic are to:

· define 'statistics'

· recognise the need for statistics in business

· differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics

· identify different types of data and their sources

· gain an awareness of different methods of collecting data.

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